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The Passion of Meter is the first extended critical study of Wordsworths metrical theory and his practice in the art of versification. Until now, relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between Wordsworths attempt to incorporate into his poetry the language of common life and the highly complex and decidedly conventional metrical forms in which he presents this language. ODonnell provides a detailed treatment of what Wordsworth calls the innumerable minutiae that the art of the poet depends upon and of the broader vision to which those minutiae contribute. Beginning with a reassessment of Wordsworths frequently misrepresented prose comments about meter, ODonnell argues that these comments-considered in light of Wordsworths practice and within their 18th-century context are more unorthodox and challenging than previously thought. In emphasizing the physical body of the poem as the site of a dynamic tension between conflicting passions - the passion of sense and the passion of meter. Wordsworth places issues of metrical form and versification in the foreground of his theory of poetry. The core of this book is dedicated to a close examination of the elements of Wordsworths craft. It sets forth in detail the rules and conventions that govern the poets habits of metrical composition, identifying the idiosyncrasies that distinguish his practice from those of his predecessors and contemporaries. It also offers a close reading of a substantial body of Wordsworths poetry, with careful attention paid to complex relationships between the minutiae of its sensuous forms (metrical form, rhythm, rhyme, assonance, alliteration) and larger thematic, aesthetic, and sophic concerns. As a departure from much contemporary criticism that tends to treat poetry solely as text, The Passion of Meter demonstrates the benefits of studying the details of versecraft. ODonnell sizes the importance of hearing Wordsworths poems as sonic performances in time as well as seeing them on the page.

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title:The Passion of Meter : A Study of Wordsworth's Metrical Art
author:O'Donnell, Brennan.
publisher:Kent State University Press
isbn10 | asin:0873385101
print isbn13:9780873385107
ebook isbn13:9780585262352
language:English
subjectWordsworth, William,--1770-1850--Versification, English language--Versification, English language--Rhythm, Metrical phonology.
publication date:1995
lcc:PR5897.O36 1995eb
ddc:821/.7
subject:Wordsworth, William,--1770-1850--Versification, English language--Versification, English language--Rhythm, Metrical phonology.
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The Passion of Meter
A Study of Wordsworth's Metrical Art
Brennan O'Donnell
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1995 by The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio 44242
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 94-30735
ISBN 0-87338-510-1
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
O'Donnell, Brennan, 1958
The passion of meter: a study of Wordsworth's metrical art / Brennan O'Donnell.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87338-510-1
1. Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850-Versification. 2. English language 19th century
Versification. 3. English language 19th centuryRhythm. 4. Metrical phonology. I. Title.
PR5897.036 1995
821??7dc20 94-30735
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data are available.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Abbreviations
xi
Introduction: An Ear for Poetry
1
Part One: The Passion of Meter
1. Similitude in Dissimilitude
21
2. Metrical Tension and Varieties of Voice
48
Part Two: The Versification of Poems
3. "Words in Tuneful Order": Wordsworth's Early Versification, An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches
71
4. Varieties of Rhyme: The Stanzaic Verse of the Lyrical Ballads
115
5. "Infinitely the Most Difficult Metre to Manage": Characteristics of Wordsworth's Blank Verse
179
Conclusion: On the Power of Sound
238
Notes
249
Bibliography
276
Index
285

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Completion of this book was assisted by a Junior Faculty Sabbatical grant from the Loyola College Center for the Humanities. Research at the Wordsworth Library, Grasmere, was made possible by a grant from the Loyola College Faculty Development Committee. I am grateful to members of the Steering Committee of the Center for the Humanities, to my colleagues on the Faculty Development Committee, and to David F. Roswell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, for their generous support and encouragement.
Material from the Dove Cottage manuscripts is quoted by kind permission of The Wordsworth Trust. I am grateful to Robert Woof for granting access to the Dove Cottage collection and to Jeffrey Cowton for his kind assistance during the time of my work at the Wordsworth Library.
I have been most fortunate in having had the benefit of Mark L. Reed's eye, ear, and critical judgment at several important stages in the development of this study. Anyone familiar with his work will know why I say that I cannot exaggerate the value of his teaching and advice. My debt to T. V. F. Brogan is one I share with all students of English versification. I cannot imagine sorting through the vast and diversified literature on prosody without the sure guidance of his research. In addition, I am grateful for his careful reading of my manuscript and for his advice and encouragement in the final stages of the work.
To the late Harold I. Shapiro I owe a large part of whatever ability I have to (in his words) "get it right." Reading a poem with tact and with sensitivity to rhythmic and sonic structures and patterns was always a joyful activity for him, and he had a rare ability to communicate that joy to his students.
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